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causing MORE harm to MORE people under situations where its NOT necessary is immoral by definition (or its about as close to it as they come)
i know you love your philosophical debates about varius views of consqutialisom and what not
but in the end, it comes down to a simple point to compare
the golden rule
treat others as you would wish them to treat you
when measured against this standard, you have a wide range of characters and positions
nunnaly (in season2, where she actually has a role in the plot) hurts no one, and treats everyone around her with kindness and respect, even when that someone is a terrorist
she actively works to improve the lives of the people under her rule, and actively stands up against people who try to harm them (like romayer)
and in general, tries to make as much good from her position of power
she doesnt fight against britannia, because she follows a different way
she thinks that the lives of the japanese could be improved using a peaceful way, as euphie did before her
naive, maybe
but not immoral
kallen starts out fighting against britannia using means that have little effect, but she uses those means because she litteraly has no other means at that stage of the show
she COULD just sit on the sidelines and enjoy her life as a britannian rich girl, and yet she choose to fight against the oppression that the japanese people suffer from (but which she herself does not, and hence doesnt need to protect herself from)
she risks everything she has and gains nothing for herself, she only fights on behalf of the oppressed people of japan (both in uniform, and out of it)
and once introduced to another effective way that can promote her concept of justice WITHOUT hurting civilians as much as possible (zero) she embraces it completely, becoming his greatest supporter
and evetually, she even turns against lelouch when he starts acting like a monster despite the fact that she loves him
all because its the right thing to do, not for herself, but for the world
xing-ke is chinese, and hence his priority is to HIS people first
china is at war with britannia for a while, and hence he views it as his duty to protect it
he actively fights against a corruption in their own goverment that would end up trading the rightful ruler of china for status and power for the eunichs
he also has a dept of gratitude for said ruler, and hence refuses to see her traded off to britannia just so some corrupt old men would gain power from it
but he is not like lelouch in that he only thinks of the tianzi at all times
he interrupts the wedding without being sure that the tianzi would agree with him, and only gets her validation half way through
he acts in the best interests of his people first and his own personal wishs second
its only once lelouch kidnapps the tianzi that he starts becoming more worried about her
she IS the ruler of china
so worring about her and worring about china is one and the same
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